Missing Cork man’s body found in slurry pit

The dead man found in a slurry pit in Cork on Thursday has been identified as 31-year-old Diarmuid Twomey, who had been missing since before Christmas.

Sun, 31 Jan, 2016 - 00:00

Joe Leogue

A postmortem was carried out at Cork University Hospital yesterday, and initial indications are that Mr Twomey had drowned.

His body was discovered on a farm in Rahaniskey, Whitechurch, north of Cork city shortly before 5pm on Thursday.

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